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νύμφαιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: νύμφαιον νύμφαιου

Structure: νυμφαι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: nu/mfh

Sense

  1. a temple of the nymphs

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Νυμφαίου ἐπὶ τὸν Ὀξίναν ποταμὸν τριάκοντα. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 13 7:1)
  • ἔτυχε δὲ Καρίνη παρθένοσ ἐρῶσα τοῦ Νυμφαίου καὶ λανθάνουσα τοὺσ ἄλλουσ· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 1:2)
  • ἐρῶσα τοῦ Νυμφαίου καὶ λανθάνουσα τοὺσ ἄλλουσ· (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 3:3)
  • χρησμὸσ τῆσ Πυθίασ ἁγνὸσ πρὸσ τέμενοσ καθαροῦ ξένε, δαίμονοσ ἔρχου ψυχήν, νυμφαίου νάματοσ ἁψάμενοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 711)

Synonyms

  1. a temple of the nymphs

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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